#𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗛𝗘𝗠 : can't really see another squad tryna cross us.

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@eyeknowmayhem 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗗 "bloody hell, what happened to your face?" (wingnut for MM raph?)

"my face? my face?" with both hands, he rubs at his nose, then yelps in pain. probably a broken nose, definitely a black eye. "ow! alright, who hit me?" raph whips around, accusatory glare aimed at each of his brothers before it's turned onto the rest of the room.

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@eyeknowmayhem 𝗔𝗦𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 : a mischevious & excited starter.

"you see how cool this looks?" raph shoves his phone under mondo's nose, practically bouncing on his toes. in the video playing, he, mondo and mikey are in their element, swooping over and under each other on a truly massive half-pipe, the rattling of their skateboards second only in volume to their whoops and cheers. "this is gonna get a milly, easy! thanks for featuring, man."

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@retromutagn 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗗 "does your muse play a musical instrument? did they play one at some point?" for all the raphs please are they all drummers...

boy are they. under the cut because there's seven of them:

1987 raph: actually not a drummer - i believe mikey drums in this iteration if i'm not mistaken! he messes around with other instruments though. he loves things he can shake around and make a whole lotta noise with. 87 raph is majorly impatient, and the more delicate instruments would not hold his attention for very long. catch him with like. a tambourine or a trumpet or something. tonally it sounds BAD but is he having fun? yes

2003: drummer to his BONES. he doesn't really have an interest in picking up anything else - he's not immune to seeing a keyboard/piano and immediately needing to press as many keys on it as possible all at once, but he's not learning any other stuff. catch him banging out a beat for mikey to freestyle to or something though he's probably the most rhythmic of the raphs

2007: ah see. he drums sure but he also picked up guitar for something to DO before all the nightwatcher stuff started happening in a major way. he found an acoustic one down an alley while on one of his brooding solo patrols and he's been slowly upgrading ever since. he's still not very good, has a tendency to be clumsy and lacks precision, but it's a lesson in patience as well as a way to hone his mind. get used to not winning. that kind of thing

2012: little drummerboy <3 he's probably the most musically inclined of the raphs (save mayhem but i'll get to that) so it is an interest of his as opposed to something he picked up because he likes to hit stuff. he knows mikey fights musically and he's really interested in that, in fostering that characteristic in his own style, and how better to do that than actually start figuring out how music works, to get into the details of it and cut and paste at will. he sings, though not often, and mostly under his breath to himself when he's busy or in the shower. makes up little tunes just as he's going about his day, not really out loud or for any reason, just because he be singing

bayverse: this guy doesn't even really know how to drum. he knows how to label a kit pretty successfully, knows the difference in the sounds produced, but there's no real technique to it. he's a noisemaker rather than a musician, very similar to '87 raph in that respect. he does have a little banjo on his bed that he will strum at on occasion <3 but again he's clumsy with it, nowhere near proficient

rise: drums AND plays the ukulele because i think that's a very rise raph instrument. he has to be very careful with them because he's a lot bigger than they are and sometimes he doesn't even know his own strength and can snap the strings :(

mayhem: MY BELOVED. as stated he's up there with the most Musically Inclined of the raphaels. he's freestyling, making up songs about what he and his brothers are doing, beatboxing to himself, and yes playing the drums. he only started to really care about being good at the drums recently, and he'd loooove to pick up bass at some point. he's also keen to start mixing beats, so expect donnie to be harassed about that very soon

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tales edits (1/?): 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦.

(don't rb unless you're retromutagn!)

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@retromutagn 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗗 'we could pack the coffin with dynamite.' / mm raph and don lmaoooo

"donnie!" raph screws his eyes shut, hands on his head, reeling. "you are so smart! fill the coffin with dynamite and then dunk it in the piranha water, and then we could probably get a couple chains around it too."

he watches the pencil move with rapt attention, grin widening with every line. "yeah, like that! and then if we put april over here like "oh no, my boy friend, i mean friend who is a boy, i mean boy that i am friends with"-"

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@eyeknowmayhem 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗗 'it's not like you left it loaded. you didn't lose a loaded gun.' leatherhead to mm raph? :3c

huh. he hadn't thought of it like that. "facts," he says, holding a mouthful of air in his cheeks and blowing it out between pursed lips, hands on his belt. "should we just..." raph rocks on his feet, eyebrows raised, shoulders poised to shrug. "...y'know, go? home?"

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@retromutagn 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗗 'did i get shot? or did i just get nearly shot?' / and this one is mm raph and leo

"they got guns?" his voice cracks a little under the weight of the question - it feels like a lot, sort of unfair when they all fight close-range exclusively - but there's a manic sort of gleam in his eye as he whips around to the sound of leo's voice. "where? you're fine, man, stop yapping. where's the guy with the gun?"

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@retromutagn 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗗 would you relax for a second? i'm just checking on you. / then this one with mayhem raph and leo ):<

"i'm relaxed!" he snaps, trying not to wince as he sits himself up. the guess is that he's added a few weeks onto his healing time - it's looking more like eight than six - and it's driving him crazy. no one will let him move more than three steps out of their bedroom for anything, he's not seen the sky in forever, and each concerned look scrapes along his skin like dry grass, itchy and uncanny. "i'm relaxed and i don't need to be checked on, i'm not going anywhere, i'm not allowed."

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@muses-inn 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗗 do you have everything you need for your trip? (Mikey for MM Raphael?)

"uh..." he pats in his pockets, eyes distant. phone, earphones, keys for the bike, one sai, two sai, baby knife, slightly larger baby knife... "yeah. could go for a couple more stabbies just to be safe." raph throws a grin mikey's way, shifting his stance and trying not to look as nervous as he feels. "you freaking out? i'll be fine, man."

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@retromutagn 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗗 "again, we do not want to kill anyone." - retromutagn, mayhem Leo and Raph ofc 😭

"oh, my-" he swings a full circle, shoulders and neck going limp the way they do whenever any of them throw this kind of mini-tantrum. he's not beating his fists against the floor, but he is stomping his feet, letting his limbs go slack. "why am i even here, man. i could'a stayed at home if we're not icing these guys."

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@retromutagn 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗗 "g-d, love's embarrassing." // mm leo and raph. had to edit it bc leo doesn't swear lmaoooo

"uh, no, dude." he takes a run-up, planting his hand on leo's head and giving him a truly monstrous noogie, both of his feet lifting off of the ground. "you're embarrassing. who says neat-o, man?" squishing his nose with the tips of his fingers, he snorts. "neat-o. hey, april. you look real neat-o. dork."

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@retromutagn 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗗 ‘you’re supposed to say that before you hit him!’ / MM DON AND RAPH

"oh." raph pauses, looking first at the guy in his hands (might've torn his shirt a little there, whoops) and then at his youngest brother. "alright, okay, go back-"

from his left, mikey hollers. "go back? you sent him to dreamland, dude, he's done!"

"no, no-" raph raises his voice so he's heard over the din. when they all start to squabble, the only option is to get loud. readjusts his grip on the guy's collar, because his head has started to loll. funny. raph didn't even hit him all that hard. "i can just do it now! uh, you have the right to remain silent-"

"he does not!"

"you aren't reading him his miranda rights man, get the info so we can go!"

"will you let me do my thing?" raph barks, turning away and shooting all three of them an equally scathing look. too late, he realises his hands are now empty and there's a scuffle over by the garbage cans. "and now he's getting away. see what happens when you interrupt me?"

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@retromutagn 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗗 "it's not a party until someone breaks something." / put the mm boys at a high school party NOW

"wasn't me!" he and mikey chorus together, hopping around each other like a couple of stressed out frogs - first him, comically attempting to use mikey's shoulders as a shield, then mikey, ducking and covering behind his arm. donnie's ability to disappear must have skipped a couple generations. "okay, maybe it was me, but mikey pushed me, so using the rules of physics his force broke it. unless this means the party is for real now. if it's a good thing, it was me."

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@retromutagn 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗗 ‘no, i am not… effing with you right now.’ DKFSJ mm leo and raph

one hand encases, like, half of mikey's head as raph bulies his way into the conversation, crooked grin and rolling eyes. "will you please just say fuck, dude? no one is here to stop us. watch this. fuck!"

it sends at least two of his brothers into fits of giggles. they die down as the echo does, his voice bouncing off of the damp bricks of new york's choice alleyways. "now you try. say it with me if you want. fuck. little help here, boys?"

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𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙣 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙙𝙤𝙢

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i miss comedian raph and so i'm deciding to do something about it. of course in the 87 show we get his little asides, his bits and quips, the entirety of 'raphael knocks 'em dead' (<3), so i don't have to do anything there thank you for making my life so easy. 87 raph is just so lovely

2003 raph isn't so much of a jokester as he is an insult comic - wouldn't describe himself as such because i don't think he knows what one is, but it's a distinct difference from 87. he really enjoys making his brothers laugh especially in battles or other tense situations - it's that sometimes, because he's so emotional, the drive to do so just isn't there. it's not a defense mechanism or something he hides behind, it's something that comes naturally to him when he's able to be the most himself

2007 raph is just like that. he's too miserable to really tap into his sense of humour anymore but we do see shades of it, when he's by himself or when he's hanging out with casey. i think it's being coaxed out of him again but we shall see

2012 raph is all about pranks babey. his affinity for pranks is mentioned in his official bio and i really like that the most physical form of joke is handed off to the most physical raph so far - '12 is so rough-and-tumble, so hands-on, so in your face, i think it's only natural that he takes to practical jokes rather than to any traditional joke-telling. he, of course, is still full of snide little comments, and a lot of the time they're to amuse himself, but he does play it up on occasion in the hope of amusing his brothers

bayverse raph is NOT funny and this is what makes him funny. this man cannot tell a joke to save his own life and he knows it, leans into it.

rise raph is similarly not very funny <3 bless him. he's more of a sucker for really cheesy jokes, has about one thousand knock-knock jokes that his brothers have all heard before and that's why he can't pull them out as often as he'd like

and to round off mayhem raph, with him being the most modern interpretation we've got, is like. loves his memes loves his references loves his observational humour. he's the type to think of a joke while you're still talking and hold onto it desperately until you're done because he knows it's going to KILL